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With the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics coming up and the hype surrounding the many issues in sports right now, including doping and bribery, it's almost a

Scientists hope that identifying an essential but formerly unknown stage in the fungal takeover of rice cells can accelerate the treatment or prevention of rice blast disease, which ruins up to 30% of global yields each year.

What would your most amazing day look like? How would you prepare?

Revealing moments 20 to 11 in the greatest World Championships moments vote, as decided by the fans

Scoop Auckland provides news and views from Auckland, New Zealand

The 39 New Zealand athletes competing at the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Berlin are only hours away from the biggest event of their lives. http://www.scoop.co.nz/images/imaginipulator-tmp/152cb507aa8692328357e944fdad92b8.jpeg The full New Zealand delegation get familiar with Munich during their training camp ...

Ralph Boston was competing for gold in the long jump at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico when he graciously gave some advice to his young compatriot Bob Beamon, who

One of the greatest records in all of track and field is now 40 years old and no one one has even come within four feet of it. Read all about it here.

Boston was the first person to reach the 27-foot mark in the long jump and his first world record came before the Rome Olympics in 1960 beating Jesse Owens' record.

Boston was the first person to reach the 27-foot mark in the long jump and his first world record came before the Rome Olympics in 1960 beating Jesse Owens' record.